If you live in the south, it's citrus time. Late winter and early spring is the perfect time for picking lemons, grapefruits, limes and oranges. Preserving extra citrus juice is easy - here's how to freeze lemon juice in jars. Works for any kind of citrus juice. We love freshly squeezed juice. We also love southern California, so we try to get down there every year. It's a wonderful place to … [Read more...]

Greens - they are one of the easiest things to grow in your garden. Lettuce, mesclun greens of all kinds, chard, spinach, beet greens - the list of leafy greens goes on and on. And they are great of course for salads and on sandwiches. But did you know that you can actually freeze many different types of greens? Yes. You. Can!   So plant more leafy greens than you can eat fresh - … [Read more...]

Garden peas are one of our favourite vegetables. I like to plant as much as I can, so I can blanch and freeze peas for eating all winter long. As early in the season as possible, I try to get the peas planted. I plant my seed along the fence line in the main garden. I plant them here because it's easy and I like doing things the easy way. This way, I don't have to fuss with putting in … [Read more...]